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Originally Posted by blankall
The idea is to kill off only certain species of mosquitos that carry human pathogens. Theoretically those species would be replaced by similar species of mosquitos that aren't dangerous to humans.
You're right though, even that plan could have lots of unforeseen effects on the ecosystem, which is why it hasn't actually gone ahead.
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We've seen how well that kind of thing works. Don't worry we just want to kill these mosquito and control malaria.
opps, sorry about thinning the bird population and nearly wiping out the California Condor. Oh and causing cancer outbreaks among humans.
I think that when you start messing around with nature, we can't calculate the unintended consequences well enough.